A helicopter carrying no less than seven folks crashed close to Terrace, British Columbia, an govt at an area volunteer rescue group mentioned Monday.
No deaths have been confirmed, however a few of these on board the heli-skiing flight had been hospitalized with severe accidents, mentioned David Jephson of Terrace Search and Rescue. Different choppers within the space had been converging close to the crash website to assist with search-and-rescue efforts as evening approached.
It was not clear what prompted the crash, however Terrace Search and Rescue first obtained stories in regards to the crash simply earlier than 4 p.m. native time, he mentioned.
Terrace is a city of 12,000 residents about 70 miles from the Alaskan border. The native Mills Memorial Hospital was making ready to obtain sufferers from the crash, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. An individual on the hospital declined to remark in regards to the incident or the circumstances of the sufferers.